4th -There is one definate hazard from the tee, an undulating ridge dividing a plateau on the left from a narrow fairway on the right, where two bunkers await the sliced drive. The ridge is a killer, providing bad lies and cramped stances.
The drive down the left goes unpunished, but the second is comparatively blind with the Student's bunkers coming into
play near the green and another one, greenside. The straight driver should go down the right fairway, earn a good site
of the pin, easily avoid two bunkers well right of the green and the little disruptive hump guarding the green itself.
It is two-tiered, the lower half sloping more and more gently from left to right, but beyond the little ridge the slope
becomes much more pronounced halfway along and three putts are frequent. 14th -
Bernhard Darwin described this as the best long hole in the world. Out of bounds lies to the right of the wall, which first bends left and then takes a wicked turn back again. The four beardies bunkers await those too far down the left: one large deep, the others small - at least a shot dropped. After a short respite, Benty bunker comes next, followed by the kitchen and hell. Near the green, on the left, are two pots, and the ginger Beer bunker at the back of the fourth. The green is raised above the level of the fairway, with a hollow and steep bank, front left, and one of these destructive humps, front right.
The drive should be on the spire to the right of the town, arriving past the beardies, between the wall. The second shot should normally be aimed left of Hell bunker with a long iron, or a wood. This leaves a fine shot to the green, avoiding both the left bunkers and the bump on the right. The alternative, straight up the Elysian Fields, leaves a very chancy third shot. If short, the ball breaks left or right on the hump; land it on, and the slope rushes it down the bank beyond.
